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Crossroads by jka

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made by jka for LD 44 (COMPO)

You're the last known survivor of the apocalypse. In a desperate attempt to stay alive, you make deals with the devil at an abandoned crossroads...

Rules - Enemies come in waves. Survive as many waves as you can. - Your health is restored between waves. - Between waves the devil appears for a short time. If you stand close enough you can sign pacts to become stronger, but you lose one max. health for each pact you sign. - Every 5 waves one max. health point gets restored. - All upgrades stack. For example: if you get piercing bullets, your bullets will pass through 1 enemy. If you get it again it will pass through 2 enemies, etc.

Controls - WASD - Move - Mouse - Aim - LMB - Fire - 1 - Buy upgrade 1 - 2 - Buy upgrade 2 - M - Mute/Unmute music

Tools/Libs used - Unity 2019.1 - RetroKit (made by me): Used to create all sprites, animations, sound effects and music for this game. - NavMeshPlus: For path finding/object avoidance.

HTML5 (web) https://insane-scatterbrain.itch.io/crossroads
Source code https://insane-scatterbrain.itch.io/crossroads
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/crossroads

Ratings

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Feedback

commanderstitch
29. Apr 2019 · 03:57 UTC
I enjoyed the upgrades! What am i going to get next i thought? :D
PurpledArtFrog
29. Apr 2019 · 08:53 UTC
Weird.... could not upgrade
Everything else seemed absolutely fine
strugglesingamedevelopment
29. Apr 2019 · 08:55 UTC
And my initials here right? What a great implementation of the theme. Pretty solid arena shooting, zombie spawns are a bit difficult, but overall really solid. I also enjoyed, pointing my mouse to the left then walking backwards with d and pretending I was moon walking, way too much.
Evolus
29. Apr 2019 · 08:58 UTC
I really liked an enjoyed your game :)
paragonraptors
29. Apr 2019 · 09:10 UTC
Great job! I wish I had a little bit more time to sign the contract for upgrades, but had fun playing otherwise!
🎤 jka
29. Apr 2019 · 10:35 UTC
@commanderstitch That's the feeling I was going for. Glad that worked out. :smile:

@crosenlund79 Oh, that is weird! Did you stand near enough to the devil? Some text should pop-up that you can press 1 and/or 2 to buy different powerups.

@strugglesingamedevelopment Haha, I found that weirdly satisfying as well. :wink: The harsh difficulty was intentional, but I'm sure it could do with some better balancing.

@paragonraptors The short time is intentional, to force the player to make a quick decision. (The devil is a busy man. :wink:) Might have went a bit too far with it though.

@evolus Thanks!

Thanks for playing and the feedback everybody! :smile:
JinTsen
29. Apr 2019 · 10:46 UTC
I really liked the game, but the randomness of the contracts felt bit off. Multiple times I got twice the option of piercing buullets, while I've already bought it before. Which feels like lost oppertunity to get a useful upgrade. But otherwise really fun little game. Really nice adaptation of the theme, liked that very much.
PurpledArtFrog
29. Apr 2019 · 10:51 UTC
@jka - ah might be the issue :)
Furtive Pygmy
29. Apr 2019 · 11:02 UTC
Nice game!
JakobTheQuizGuy
29. Apr 2019 · 11:05 UTC
Simple but good looking graphics, and nice use of the theme. I like that it's challenging.
🎤 jka
29. Apr 2019 · 11:12 UTC
@JinTsen The randomness can be a bit harsh at times. All the upgrades stack though. So if you bought piercing bullets, your bullets will pass through 1 enemy. If you get it again it will pass through 2 enemies, etc. So it can be very useful to buy the same upgrade multiple times! I should probably put that in the description though, as I don't think it's obvious.

Also, I found that it sometimes better to buy nothing at all and just get through a wave by having more health points. :slight_smile:

Thanks for playing and thanks for your feedback! :smile:
🎤 jka
29. Apr 2019 · 11:14 UTC
@furtive-pygmy @jakobthequizguy Thanks! :smiley:
victorcrafty
29. Apr 2019 · 11:15 UTC
Cool game.The idea with upgrades that player gets from devil is great.I think you should make the time when you speak with devil longer, atleast first 4 waves.Sounds fit very well. Good job!
🎤 jka
29. Apr 2019 · 11:23 UTC
@victorcrafty I want to keep that time short, but having it a bit longer for the first couple of waves is probably a good solution. Thanks!
DeathBySnail
29. Apr 2019 · 12:15 UTC
Really fun, I LOVE the devil laugh effect :)
🎤 jka
29. Apr 2019 · 12:30 UTC
@deathbysnail Thanks! I probably spend too much time on that, but I'd like to think it was worth it. :laughing:
LyghtningWither
29. Apr 2019 · 13:28 UTC
Hiscore: 2 stages.
Self-explanatory. Very hard. But fun! I like the 8-bitty music a lot.
🎤 jka
29. Apr 2019 · 13:45 UTC
@lyghtningwither Thanks! I'm not that experienced with making music, so I was a bit insecure about it. Glad you liked it. :)
Matt Pattabhi
29. Apr 2019 · 14:01 UTC
Neat game. Great concept.
Niteb
29. Apr 2019 · 14:36 UTC
Enjoyable game! The graphics and sounds work very well together and the movement feels very good!
m4cgregor
29. Apr 2019 · 15:00 UTC
Nice Game ! Make me remember my Sinclair Spectrum old days. Good idea, well implemented.
Barrier
29. Apr 2019 · 17:16 UTC
Really really cool! Made it to wave 11. Maybe the devil could just stay on for a little longer, cause I couldn't decide for upgrades fast enough :D
Tudvari
29. Apr 2019 · 20:30 UTC
Gave me a bit of an adrenalin rush. I had to decide abour the upgrades quickly, then I had to shoot even quicker :slight_smile: Nice graphics as well.
JinTsen
29. Apr 2019 · 21:57 UTC
@jka Yeah, I have nothing against randomness in general. I did not realise that first piercing bullets would only penetrate 1 enemy. Knowing that it makes sense to have it randomized like that.
I did realize that sometimes buying nothing is the better option.
It's really intersting feature that you can kill yourself by buying a contract with only 1 life left. I just had to try it ^^
🎤 jka
30. Apr 2019 · 10:20 UTC
@matt-pattabhi @niteb @m4cgregor @barrier @tudvari Thanks for playing and for the feedback! :smile:

@jintsen Haha, that's one of those oversights that became a feature, because it made me smile. :wink:
madjackmcmad
06. May 2019 · 00:51 UTC
Totally wins the award for Best Satan Sprite 20XX Ludum Dare 44. Well done. Fun game. Turned the music off and played the battle theme from Xenoblade 2 for my stream, they all loved it.